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Acknowledgments
This project was supported by the Bavarian Ministry of
Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology as
a part of the Bavarian project" Leistungszentrum Elektroniksysteme (LZE)".
Martin Trautmann (GS'15) was born in
Bayreuth, Germany, in 1987. He received
the B. Eng. degree in electrical engineering and M. Eng. degree in mechanical and electrical systems from the
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
Georg Simon Ohm, Nuremberg, Germany, in 2012 and
2014, respectively.
In 2014, he joined the Institute for Electronics Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität ErlangenNürnberg, as a Research Assistant. His current research
interests include inductive power and data transfer as
well as filter design.
Benedikt Sanftl (GS'15) was born in
Munich, Germany, in 1987. He received
the M. Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the
Munich University of Technology, Munich,
Germany, in 2015.
In 2015, he joined the Institute for Electronics Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, as a research assistant. His current research interests include inductive power and data transfer as well as
communication system design.
Robert Weigel (S'88-M'89-SM'95-F'02)
was born in Ebermannstadt, Germany,
in 1956. He received the Dr.-Ing. and Dr.Ing.habil. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Munich University of Technology, Munich,
Germany, in 1989 and 1992, respectively.
From 1982 to 1988, he was a Research Engineer,
from 1988 to 1994, a Senior Research Engineer, and
from 1994 to 1996, a Professor of RF circuits and systems with the Munich University of Technology. From
1994 to 1995, he was a Guest Professor of SAW technology with the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna,
Austria. From 1996 to 2002, he was the Director of the
Institute for Communications and Information Engineering, University of Linz, Linz, Austria. In 2000, he
became a Professor of RF engineering at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Since 2002, he has been the Head
of the Institute for Electronics Engineering, FriedrichA lexander- Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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Alexander Koelpin (S'04-M'10-SM'16)
received his diploma in Electrical Engineering in 2005, his doctoral degree in
2010, and his" venia legendi" in 2014 all
with the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
From 2005 to 05/2017 he was with the Institute for Electronics Engineering, FAU, Germany. From 2007 to 2010 he
has been team leader, from 2010 to 2015 group leader Circuits, Systems and Hardware Test and since 2015 leader
of the group Electronic Systems. Since 06/2017 he is professor and head of the chair for Electronics and Sensor
Systems with the Brandenburg University of Technology
Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany. His research interests
are in the areas of microwave circuits and systems, wireless communication systems, local positioning, and sixport technology. He has authored or co-authored more
than 200 publications in his areas of interest. Furthermore, he serves as a reviewer for several journals and
conferences, is co-chair of the IEEE MTT-S technical
committee MTT-16, of the Commission A: Electromagnetic Metrology of U.R.S.I., and from 2012 to 2017 conference
Co-Chair of the IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks. In 2016 he has been awarded
the IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award and
in 2017 with the ITG Award of the German VDE.
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